hello, i'm lucy grey. you're watching the context on bbc news. donald trump has stumped up millions, hoping to appeal a jury's multi—million dollar verdict for his defamatory statements about ejean carroll. sport, and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's paul scott. hello from the bbc sport centre. england's hopes of salvaging something from the test series in india look slim. after day two of the fifth and final test in dharamsala, the hosts have a lead of 255. india captain rohit sharma and shubman gill both hit centuries on their way to a total of 473—8 at the close of play.

james anderson getting gill. he's nowjust one away from a landmark 700th test wicket. there was also a half century from debutant devdutt padikkal. there are always going to be thoughts in your head and noises around so that was still there. i got igota i got a message saying that there was a possibility that the next night. i was nervous about that game. it was a tough night of sleep, but that is how it is, and that is something you also enjoy at the same time, you look for those days, so i was really happy. well, england captain ben stokes bowled for the first time in eight months and took the wicket of rohit sharma with his first ball. he isa he is a freak, isn't he! it was almost written in the star that he was going to bowl it, when he bowled out sharma. we all know how he can

round out our takeout, especially in conditions like these where you've got usually two spinners, two seamers and you want your third as stokes. a nice to see him back at the crease, which is to be careful that we don't push him too far. it's still early days, and i'm sure he'll rest up tonight, get some ice on it and see how it goes tomorrow. red bull's max verstappen is once again the man to beat at this weekend's saudi arabian grand prix injeddah, after qualifying on pole ahead of ferrari's charles leclerc. verstappen didn't need a second lap in final qualifying as he finished 0.319 seconds ahead of the frenchman. in the other ferrari, 0liver bearman is set to become the youngest briton to race in formula! after receiving a late call—up to replace carlos sainz, who has appendicitis. he'll start 11th on the grid. manchester united manager erik ten hag says "no team can deal with so many injuries" as he prepares his side for saturday's early game in the premier league against everton at old trafford. the visitors have gone ten

premier league matches without a win and find themselves just five points above the drop zone. ten hag's side have slipped 11 points off the top four. we wa nt we want to be successful. we need to be successful. sometimes, seasons are going like we are now in, but we don't accept that. we will fight. we have had problems, we still have problems, in our squad, with injuries, with the players who are available, we will fight for it. boxing returns to saudi arabia on friday night when anthonyjoshua takes on former ufc champion francis ngannou. two—time world championjoshua has rebuilt his career over the last 11 months with three consecutive victories, but faces a largely unknown competitor in ngannou, who came close to beating tyson fury on his debut in october. despite weighing in a stone and a half lighter than ngannou, joshua is confident of victory.

how do i win is by being me, showing the world how great i am, most importantly showing myself how great i am, most importantly having so much fun in there, being relentless. what will be will be, and what i am going to do is my best. the site will play out how it needs to play out. i'm ready for whatever, out. i'm ready forwhatever, i'm ready to be victorious and whether i stopped the guy, whether i get the w, whether he gets injured and has to pull out, ijust really need might name to be the one that is announced as the winner. and that's all the sport for now. back to you, lucy. donald trump has posted a bond of almost $92 million as he appeals against the verdict of a defamation case against him in new york. mr trump wants to reverse an order to pay the writer ejean carroll more than $83 million. let's speak to our north america correspondent nada tawfik. can you just explain what this

means? in can you “ust explain what this means? ., can you 'ust explain what this means? ., ., a, ., , can you 'ust explain what this means? ., ., ., , ., means? in order for donald trump to a- eal means? in order for donald trump to appeal against the — means? in order for donald trump to appeal against the verdict, in - means? in order for donald trump to appeal against the verdict, in that. appeal against the verdict, in that case, which a jury reached in january, he had to first convert the amounts, the full awards, plus an extra 10%. that is how you come to that figure of $91.6 million. donald trump had until monday to either begin that appeal process, and posted that bond, or he would have had to have pay ejean carroll that full amounts. had to have pay ejean carroll that fullamounts. he had to have pay ejean carroll that full amounts. he has now done that. he has secured a bond for that amount, he has done the appeal process. —— began the appeal process. —— began the appeal process. this starts the process that donald trump is going to be going through now, paying out very large sums of money for the judgments against him. remember, he has another civilfraud judgments against him. remember, he has another civil fraud case that is connected to his business empire, and there, he owns —— owes more than

$400 million. we saw in the ejean carroll case was that he tried to delay having to pay. the judge refused that and we know that in the civil fraud case, refused that and we know that in the civilfraud case, he is also trying to delay having to pay, but nevertheless, donald trump has secured the money, he has said that he has no problem paying these financially, but his finances have always been a bit of a tricky picture to understand fully. nevertheless, here in new york, paying that first a large summer. i said this legacy that he said to fox news earlier this week, i'm not worried, i have a lot of money. yes. worried, i have a lot of money. yes, that is right- — worried, i have a lot of money. yes, that is right- i _ worried, i have a lot of money. yes, that is right. i think _ worried, i have a lot of money. yes, that is right. i think these _ that is right. i think these payments will certainly see if that is indeed the case. donald trump appeared to have about $400 million in cash on hand that he could use to pat’- in cash on hand that he could use to pay. we have seen him using donor money to pay legal bills, but now between the two judgments, you are

looking at more than half $1 billion that he is having to pay out. we have seen him doing bonds, but even doing that requires posting a lot of collateral, have a lot of money to get those bonds. so we will indeed see how far this will stretch mr trump. some are saying that the worst case scenario for him it would be for him to have to sell assets to pay these judgments.— a report has found that a british army spy operating at the heart of the ira during the troubles in northern ireland probably cost more lives than he saved. 0peration kenova took seven years to examine the activities of the agent known as stakeknife, who was belfast man freddie scappaticci. the investigation cost nearly £40 million, and the intelligence asset has been linked to multiple murders. sara girvin reports. don't take any more photos of this house, i'm telling you now! because if you do, i'll come out and i'll- do you! _ this is freddie scappaticci.

his double life personified the so—called dirty war between the ira and the british state during the troubles in northern ireland. he was the ira's chief interrogator, tasked with identifying informers inside the group. that role that saw him linked to numerous murders. but, incredibly, he himself was a british agent, codename stakeknife. findings from an interim report into his actions were revealed today. claims that he was responsible for saving countless or hundreds of lives are hugely exaggerated. most importantly, these claims belie the fact that stakeknife was himself involved in very serious and wholly unjustifiable criminality whilst operating as an agent — including murders. 32 people were considered for prosecution in connection with the agent stakeknife case, but no charges have been brought due to what's described as insufficient evidence. that decision has

caused frustration. freddie scappaticci should have been prosecuted for offences, and he was not prosecuted. and in my view, that is something that for other victims, certain victims, will be regretful about. today's report had ten recommendations. two called for apologies to be made, from the government for failing to stop preventable deaths and from the republican leadership for the ira's abduction, torture and murder of those it suspected of being informers. sinn fein was the political wing of the ira throughout the troubles. i am sorry for all the lives lost during the conflict, without exception. regrettably, the past cannot be changed or cannot be undone. neither can the suffering,

the hurt or the political violence or conflict be disowned by republicans or indeed by any other party to the conflict. the northern ireland secretary, chris heaton—harris, said it wouldn't be right for the government to comment at this time. families whose loved ones were murdered by the ira because they were suspected informers didn't want to appear on camera. a solicitor acting for several of them explained why. the stigma for the tout or informant runs very deep in irish history. that stigma extends to the next of kin and the next generation. indeed, if proof were needed of that, we need only look around this room today. there aren't any families. questions around state involvement in troubles deaths have haunted the government for decades. 0peration kenova investigated one of the murkiest periods of time in northern ireland's history, that it is a time that may never truly see the light.

sara girvin, bbc news. germany has faced uncomfortable questions this week after a security lapse allowed a top—secret military discussion to be intercepted, then made public by russian state media. officers from the german air force were heard talking about weapons aid to ukraine, and the conversation also included sensitive details about uk military activities. our analysis editor ros atkins explains. the uk's foreign secretary and germany's foreign minister met in berlin on thursday, and at their press conference, one subject was certain to come up. i don't want to play into the hands of some russian narrative about divisions between allies. translation: we will not allow- anyone to drive a wedge between us. we're talking a hybrid war here. journalists were asking about a recording of a conversation between german military officials that russian sources had leaked days before. in the leak, we hear a discussion of the war in ukraine, in particular about the implications if germany were to send its long—range taurus missiles to ukraine,

something chancellor 0laf scholz has ruled out. and one word has been used a lot to describe the leak. well, i think it is absolutely embarrassing that military. top officials wouldn't follow the procedures in order- to conduct such calls. and it's notjust embarrassing. it raises questions about the west's strategy in ukraine and about the reach of russian intelligence. and this leaked conversation involved four senior figures in germany's air force. one of them was attending singapore's airshow. he dialled into the meeting from a hotel there. this proved to be a miscalculation. germany's defence minister has highlighted how eavesdropping of hotels is widespread, and germany's ambassador to the uk has offered this advice. i think that's a good lesson for everybody. never use hotel internet if you want to do a secure call. germany's air force may be learning that lesson the hard way. and the reason they were discussing these taurus missiles is that while germany has so far declined

to send them, ukraine has repeatedly made the request. translation: we need long-range weapons because russians stand . at a distance that allows them to strike our people while we cannot reply appropriately. it's true that russia's missiles can go further. at the moment, ukraine has british and french missiles, both with a range of around 150 miles. germany's taurus missile has a range of around 300 miles. it would give ukraine many more options, but 0laf scholz fears this will escalate the war and that ukraine will need german personnel to help operate the missiles. this leaked conversation discusses all of this and makes reference to the uk already having forces in ukraine. this we already knew, because in february, downing street confirmed a small number of personnel are in ukraine, though it didn't say what they're doing. and while reaction to the leak has continued, the kremlin has shared its thoughts on it.

this suggests that within| germany's armed forces, plans for striking the territory of the russian federation - are being discussed - substantively and specifically. there's nothing in the leak that suggests this. germany has called russia's claim absurd and offered this assessment. this is a russian hybrid attack again. it's clearly the intention to destabilise the west, and it was not a coincidence that this recording was published the day of navalny�*s funeral. if that is the intention, none of germany's allies have been critical, not in public at least. but the uk's former defence secretary, ben wallace, has concerns. he was in government during the majority of this war, and he's told the times... the german ambassador to the uk called those comments "unhelpful". and while ukraine's allies seek to offer a united front, they know that decisions about how

to support ukraine are crucial, not least because right now for ukraine, at best, the war is stuck. at worst, russia is getting the upper hand. last month, ukraine withdrew from the key town of avdiivka. it says it needs ammunition and weapons. now, since the war began, germany has provided more military aid than any other country bar the us, and throughout the conflict, like ukraine's other allies, germany's had to decide what kind of military hardware it will provide. russia will want to influence these kind of decisions. the leaked german conversation may be part of an effort to do that. the manner in which it's been exploited by the russians is an indication of russia's attempts to divide western support for ukraine and to intimidate the west, to play on the west's fears of escalation. this leak is another example of that tactic in practice. what the leak certainly confirms is that the west continues

to grapple with the best route forward in this war. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. bbc news, bringing you different stories from across the uk. she's gone. ringing practice at ripon cathedral. you might not expect to find a child holding the ropes... two to three. but 13—year—old alice barrett is a fully—fledged member of the team. it's definitely more than just, like, pulling a rope, which is what most people think. it's much more complex both physically and mentally. she's recently become one of the youngest qualified ringers in yorkshire, having spent the last three years in training. i'm absolutely really proud of her. it's taken a long time - for her to get from being a very small child to where she is now _ bell rings. a majestic sound created by a skilled team.

it takes strong arms to handle the bells and a certain height. standing on a box helps. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. officials in australia say the great barrier reef is undergoing another mass bleaching event. sea temperatures have approached record levels in recent weeks, putting coral under greater stress. it is the fifth such event in eight years. there have been similar reports at reefs around the world as sea temperatures are raised by climate change. we see a lot of these reefs bleached and, you know, they are potentially going to... also, the corals might die and then we're going to have to follow them through several years of recovery. yeah, it'sjust really quite heartbreaking. to hear more about the science behind mass bleachings and the potential for reef recovery, we speak now to professor emeritus of environment and sustainability at the university at buffalo, howard lasker.

hello. can you just explain exactly what this is, eight mass bleaching event? what happens when these occur? corals live in symbiosis with microscopic algae, and those algae provide them with nutrition, the coral actually provides nutrition to the algae as well. as waters heat up, for that matter, any stress that occurs, that symbiosis breaks down, the algae stock photo synthesising, effectively —— photo synthesising effectively, and they are not transferring the nutrients to the coral, so they are expelled from the coral. lots of what you see on the coral, when you study them, on the coral, when you study them, on the coral reefs, is due to that algae, when they are expelled, therefore, the tissue is cleared, and what you are seeing is the white skeleton underneath the living tissue. in these events, it has been at once

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in the system, that certainly is beneficial, but that is not... it slows the process, it is not a fix, as you said. really the only long—term solution, is improving these temperature increases. it is these temperature increases. it is the bi aer these temperature increases. it is the bigger picture stuff. when this has occurred, is anything you can do to reverse it? aha, has occurred, is anything you can do to reverse it?— to reverse it? a lot of these colonies _ to reverse it? a lot of these colonies will _ to reverse it? a lot of these colonies will survive. - colonies will survive. unfortunately, what has happened to all of these bleaching events is you have this bleaching event, and some colonies survive, many others die. and the survivors, to some extent, perhaps a little more resistant to these temperature extremes. unfortunately, the temperature extremes keep getting greater and greater, as each one of these events happen. so there will be some natural recovery. if there are areas that are still healthy, producing larvae which will come into an area,

that can be repopulated, that can happen, but it is a slow process to return to the reef of what was a fish —— what was officially affected. fish -- what was officially affected-— fish -- what was officially affected. �* , , affected. and this is the fifth event in eight _ affected. and this is the fifth event in eight years, - affected. and this is the fifth event in eight years, it - affected. and this is the fifth event in eight years, it looksj affected. and this is the fifth - event in eight years, it looks like it is only going one way. the event in eight years, it looks like it is only going one way.- it is only going one way. the two frightening _ it is only going one way. the two frightening things _ it is only going one way. the two frightening things are _ it is only going one way. the two frightening things are the - it is only going one way. the two i frightening things are the incidence of these events, itjust keeps increasing. at one point, they were occurring every five or six years, now itjust occurring every five or six years, now it just seems occurring every five or six years, now itjust seems to be hereafter year, almost. and the temperatures are getting hotter and hotter, so that species that were resistant are now being affected and amongst those colonies that didn't survive, some of them are not surviving in his subsequent events.— of them are not surviving in his subsequent events. of them are not surviving in his subseauent events. ., ,, , ., . subsequent events. thank you so much for talkinu subsequent events. thank you so much for talking to — subsequent events. thank you so much for talking to us. _ subsequent events. thank you so much for talking to us, howard, _ subsequent events. thank you so much for talking to us, howard, from - subsequent events. thank you so much for talking to us, howard, from the - for talking to us, howard, from the university of buffalo. you for talking to us, howard, from the university of buffalo.— university of buffalo. you are welcome- _ today is international women's day, and we've seen events around

the world to mark the occasion. in thailand, hundreds of people joined a march in bangkok calling for improvements to the kingdom's laws on maternity leave. and in pakistan, people rallied in the streets of karachi and islamabad. many used the occasion to stand in solidarity with the women of gaza. meanwhile in berlin, where international women's day is a public holiday, thousands held a rally calling for gender equality. and we've seen the day play out on the political stage, too. let's start in france, which has become the first country to enshrine abortion in its constitution. this was the moment outside thejustice ministry in paris. abortion was decriminalised in france 50 years ago, but parliament voted to officially amend the constitution on monday. this was president macron's message. translation: the backward steps of our time made it - a necessity and an emergency, because everywhere in the world, including in the greatest democracies, including within our neighbours in europe,

we are observing a step backwards in the right to abortion, in women's rights, and a rise in those who refuse women the right to love, to choose, to live freely. and so, since the unthinkable is taking place, it was necessary for us to engrave it as irreversible. next to the republic of ireland, where amending the constitution is also on the table. people are voting in a referendum specifically focusing on two areas. the first is revising the definition of family. the irish constitution offers legal protections for families, but it ties the concept of family to the institution of marriage. and the second focuses on replacing a clause that focuses on women's roles and duties in the home with one that acknowledges family carers more generally. earlier, we heard from the director of the national women's council of ireland, which works to promote gender equality. we're taking a piece out of the constitution that is about limiting women's lives. it's a sexist piece and it needs to come out, and also

it's a sexist piece and it needs to come out, and also putting in value and recognition of care gives a moral and a political obligation on the state to support care, and that is what we want to see. and injapan, six women are suing the government for the right to keep their own last names after marriage. japan is the only country in the world that requires spouses to use the same name. many campaigners say this creates problems for women with businesses and established careers. so after decades of inaction, an appetite for change is building. let's take a listen at what one of the plaintiffs had to say from outside tokyo district court. the law was made in 1947, and more than 50 years, many people are waiting for a change, but the japanese diet hasn't moved yet, so i've been waiting for a long time. two quick stories to

bring you from the uk, about boys driving cars, at two very extreme ends of the story spectrum. starting in yorkshire, where police got a bit of a surprise when they pulled over a car which was towing an allegedly stolen caravan — only to find it was being driven by an 11 year old boy. the car is alleged to have been fitted with false number plates, a boy has been arrested on suspicion of theft, burglary, and dangerous driving. but this 18—year—old from essex is having a rather different experience. he's 0liver bearman, and he's going to be driving in the saudi arabian grand prix this weekend for no less a team than ferrari. he got the chance after one of the team's main drivers, carlos sainz, fell ill with appendicitis. 0liver will be the youngest briton ever to race in formula 1, he qualified in 11th place on the grid of 20 cars. we wish him the best of luck. plenty more to come in the next hour here on that context. at you can follow me, i'm @lucyegrey. —— on

twitter, you can follow me. hello there. another rather chilly feeling day again today, mostly dry. some areas of cloud around at times with the brisk easterly wind, the sunshine best in the west. but it also brightened up rather nicely across the south of england, unlike yesterday. it's not set to last, though. over the course of the weekend, it will turn a lot more unsettled, more cloud, rain at times, and still that cold, brisk easterly wind blowing in from the north sea. some rather chilly feeling air at the moment. low pressure to the southwest. high pressure to the north east. and we're still drawing in more cloud from the north sea as we head through tonight. in fact, it's going to be a lot cloudier than last night. so therefore, the temperatures will be higher with this area of low pressure gradually lifting its way further northwards, bringing along with it some outbreaks of rain. possibly still a touch of frost

underneath any clear spells across the shelter glens of scotland, but elsewhere it will be a frost free start to the day on saturday. now the area of low pressure continues to roll its way northwards and eastwards, and it will bring with it some spells of rain. so some outbreaks of mostly light, patchy rain across parts of south west england into wales, the midlands, pushing further north into northern england and northern ireland a bit later on through the day. but it's mostly dry across much of scotland. we've still got that easterly wind, but blowing a bit more from the south easterly direction across the south east of england. here some brighter spells and it will feel a bit warmer, 13 or 14 degrees, but still cold for north sea facing coasts in particular, added wind chilljust six degrees celsius in aberdeen. and that rain will continue to push its way further northwards and eastwards as we head through sunday. so many of us seeing some wet weather throughout the day for mother's day. if you're out and about, just bear that in mind. there will be spells of rain across the south of england pushing through into eastern wales, at least possibly reaching the rest of wales and north west england by the time we get to the end

of the day. some rain, too, just spreading in from the south across parts of scotland. but it won't be raining all the time. still cold for these north sea facing coasts. temperatures just ten or 11 degrees celsius underneath the cloud and the rain. but then the winds lighten as we head into the start of next week as that low pressure pulls its way further eastwards. so there will be a lot of dry weather around on monday and tuesday. and although it could be quite cloudy for many of us, it won't feel so cold because the winds will be that bit lighter. temperatures are set to climb, though, as we head through the week. bye— bye.

hello, i'm lucy grey. you're watching the context on bbc news. here's the simple truth. you can't love your country only when you win. protesters are gathered here blocking the main road from the white house to capitol. president biden ended up taking a longer route to make his address on time, but his handling of the war in middle east is proving to be one of the biggest issues he faces head of the election. what happened now is a horror show. this country — our country — is being laughed at all over the world. over the past three years, biden has actively aided and abetted the importation of millions and millions of illegal alien migrants and resettled them into your communities. 0ur panel tonight — writer and broadcasterjenny kleeman.

and brett bruen, former us diplomat and professor